Tag: Jordan

Written by: Andrina Beuggert Hassan opens the door separating the two rooms of the caravan and points to its hinge. Abdullah, standing next to him, takes a close look at the hinge and swings the door back and forth. As he shuts it and diligently examines whether it closes well, […]

By Emma Ohana, Office of Innovation, UNICEF The room was abuzz with flipcharts and chatter. Participants clutched markers, iPhones and mugs of coffee, as ideas flowed freely at the Zain Innovation Campus in Amman, Jordan. A veritable smorgasbord of software developers, designers, and entrepreneurs of all ages, turned out in […]

Seeding the ‘Innovation Generation’ at UNICEF’s Innovation Labs Open Day By Arianna Freschi As a young girl or boy living in Azraq’s newly established Village number 5, you might perceive your future as uncertain and unpromising. Your journey to Jordan, through Syria to the Jordanian Border, was long and dangerous. […]

Written by Arianna Freschi MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab: ‘Innovate for Refugees’, inspires innovation for the well-being of all children. The Syrian conflict has created the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, with over 4.8 million registered refugees fleeing to Syria’s neighboring countries. 1.1 million of these are children […]

Eva Kaplan, Innovation Specialist, Jordan Tell us a bit about your background. I am an economist by training, and my first job was doing research on how people in rural Western Kenya manage crisis. While I was in Kenya, I started working with a CBO that was trying to set […]

By Sasha Surandran UNICEF Malaysia was one of the supporting partners at this year’s TEDxYouth@KL (www.tedxyouthkl.com), that was held in the greater suburbs of Kuala Lumpur on 12 December 2015. The partnership was established to better enhance the country office’s work with adolescents and youth, especially focused on marginalized communities. As […]

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